23 December 2002
Fishery Statistics
Fish production 2001
Value 2001
nland
Sea Inland Total
landings Aquaculture catches production
a l e
2000 188.9m 95.4m 3.4m 287.6m
2001 206.2m 107.1m 3.0m 316.3m
% change 9.2% 12.3% -10.9% 10.0%
Value of fish production 316.3 million in 2001
Sea landings
6 The value of fish production increased by 10.0 % to 316.3m in 2001. The value of
sea landings in 2001 was 206.2m, aquaculture was 107.1m and inland catches
were estimated at 3.0m. See graph and Tables 1, 8 and 9.
The live weight of sea landings increased by 7.8% to 293,868 tonnes, mainly due to
increases of 8,216 tonnes in blue whiting and 8,201 tonnes in horse mackerel. See
Table 1.
The weight and value of aquaculture production both increased with salmon at
70.9m representing over 66% of the total value. See Table 8.
There were 314,043 tonnes of fish and fish products exported in 2001 at a value of
444.7m. The comparative import figures were 110,399 tonnes and 161.6m. See
Table 12.
Published by the Central Statistics Office, Ireland.
An analysis of the statistics shows that:
Ardee Road Skehard Road
¨ The number of rod licences issued was 32,725. See Table 10.
Dublin 6
Ireland
Cork
Ireland
¨ There was an increase in the number of fishing vessels to 1,421. See
Table 11.
LoCall: 1890 313 414
¨ The Consumer Price Index for tinned fish rose by 10.8% to 148.6. See
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Table 1 Sea fish landings1 by species
1999 2000 2001 1999 2000 2001
Species
tonnes live weight value: 000 euro
Total 279,230 272,482 293,868 189,467 188,866 206,161
Demersal 39,431 36,680 42,089 65,995 65,189 77,600
Brill 126 120 96 639 729 712
Cod 3,860 2,928 2,831 6,154 6,071 8,031
Dogfish 1,645 1,361 1,937 904 840 1,763
Dover sole 492 376 356 3,858 3,321 3,678
Haddock 4,898 5,812 5,945 5,289 6,774 6,945
Hake 2,090 2,037 1,112 7,005 6,548 3,858
John Dory 145 174 173 535 600 711
Lemon sole 531 468 443 965 798 1,070
Ling 1,138 1,089 1,318 1,045 1,069 1,464
Megrim 3,162 3,364 3,705 7,939 8,437 8,783
Monk/Angler 4,298 3,838 3,183 11,324 11,534 9,891
Plaice 1,424 1,029 824 2,945 2,301 2,074
Ray/Skate 2,283 2,077 2,173 2,439 2,546 3,338
Saithe 1,704 1,741 2,080 1,574 1,379 1,829
Turbot 261 236 186 2,124 2,226 1,724
White pollock 1,049 1,131 1,447 1,318 1,314 2,170
Whiting 7,643 6,505 6,877 6,820 5,866 6,405
Witch 713 552 865 999 882 1,469
Other demersal 1,967 1,842 6,539 2,117 1,956 11,686
Pelagic 211,264 206,282 222,666 68,063 65,897 66,116
Blue whiting 33,687 21,693 29,909 2,365 1,243 2,240
Herring 45,334 42,114 41,238 8,849 9,555 10,048
Horse mackerel 58,201 55,438 63,639 20,219 15,429 18,188
Mackerel 59,609 70,183 69,627 19,750 28,786 27,638
Sprat 5,826 6,032 455 1,791 1,898 85
Tuna 4,909 3,486 2,411 13,638 7,407 4,429
Other pelagic 3,699 7,337 15,387 1,450 1,580 3,488
Shellfish 28,534 29,520 29,113 55,410 57,780 62,446
Blue mussel1 503 1,053 832 195 316 141
Crab 8,550 10,295 11,138 10,705 12,699 15,353
Crawfish 35 42 115 794 748 2,483
Dublin Bay prawns 4,603 4,077 4,277 15,522 16,192 19,044
Escallop 1,497 1,577 1,131 4,232 4,006 3,086
Lobster 597 605 685 7,807 8,378 10,637
Periwinkle 3,014 2,634 1,766 2,863 3,482 1,723
Prawn tails 3,889 3,632 2,102 5,183 4,647 2,955
Shrimp 551 449 253 3,570 3,055 2,025
Squid 282 322 315 711 520 607
Whelk 4,561 4,474 6,363 2,573 2,794 4,040
Other shellfish 452 359 136 1,254 942 352
1
Oysters, clams and farmed mussels have been included in aquaculture
Source: Department of the Marine and Natural Resources
2
Table 2 Sea fish landings1 by port
1999 2000 2001 1999 2000 2001
Port
tonnes live weight value: 000 euro
Total 279,230 272,482 293,868 189,467 188,866 206,161
Irish ports
Achill2 1,276 719 439 763 474 196
Aran Islands 213 256 99 415 595 461
Arklow2 966 920 1,077 644 466 363
Ballycotton 941 973 642 1,755 1,651 1,801
Baltimore2 2,220 1,324 2,303 3,532 2,573 2,260
Bantry 208 166 63 584 565 245
Burtonport 1,050 1,033 744 1,892 2,202 1,609
Carna2 190 222 222 594 905 914
Carrigaholt 244 590 346 557 549 1,104
Castlegregory 267 175 245 750 566 717
Castletownbere2 9,675 10,670 8,422 17,248 15,052 10,678
Clogherhead 1,304 1,083 647 2,328 2,537 2,018
Cobh 10,111 8,274 10,889 3,198 3,021 4,224
Courtown 568 460 425 319 284 270
Crosshaven 818 1,066 890 1,213 1,431 1,976
Dingle 6,674 6,295 7,509 13,654 8,247 7,980
Downings2 1,232 973 2,271 2,043 1,813 4,404
Dun Laoghaire 631 656 387 390 488 285
Duncannon/St. Helens 589 492 606 914 1,035 1,185
Dunmore east 12,666 16,345 13,605 9,007 12,839 16,090
Fenit 336 1,851 2,333 725 1,018 3,575
Greencastle2 3,011 2,686 4,654 4,677 4,132 5,962
Helvick 609 731 476 921 1,532 1,259
Howth 5,548 5,034 5,308 10,702 11,229 13,462
Killybegs 100,151 85,371 103,355 28,229 26,207 31,679
Kilmore quay 1,651 1,978 1,841 3,436 4,324 3,967
Kinsale2 1,315 1,774 1,696 2,092 2,487 3,005
Malin head 815 1,233 914 1,248 1,320 1,363
Moville2 330 340 326 210 345 332
Portmagee 438 426 830 1,283 1,268 944
Rathmullan 13,276 15,360 11,534 5,312 4,017 3,654
Rossaveal 6,412 10,268 10,004 9,194 9,949 11,338
Schull2 1,531 1,236 1,216 2,594 2,138 2,326
Skerries 1,657 1,022 559 2,815 2,217 1,281
Union Hall 4,367 2,578 2,871 6,238 4,954 4,385
Valentia 804 691 827 1,924 1,312 1,717
Wexford2 168 266 251 85 203 159
Wicklow2 2,390 2,211 4,455 1,366 1,541 3,064
Other ports2 10,029 9,244 8,591 16,289 17,444 18,452
Foreign ports3 72,550 75,488 79,996 28,326 33,939 35,457
1 Oysters, clams and farmed mussels have been included in aquaculture
2 Farmed mussels excluded
3 Distributed across all consumption categories in Table 3
Table 3 Sea fish landings by consumption category
1999 2000 2001 1999 2000 2001
Category
tonnes live weight value: 000 euro
Total 279,230 272,482 293,868 189,467 188,866 206,161
Human consumption 169,014 172,484 178,663 157,876 153,643 167,684
Foreign ports 72,361 75,265 79,890 28,090 33,397 35,030
Fish meal1 37,854 24,734 35,315 3,501 1,826 3,448
1 Includes withdrawals
Source: Department of the Marine and Natural Resources
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Table 4 Sea fish landings by month
1999 2000 2001 1999 2000 2001
Month
tonnes live weight value: 000 euro
Total 279,230 272,482 293,868 189,467 188,866 206,161
January 27,280 39,341 43,218 10,593 19,492 21,579
February 28,793 26,123 42,054 15,474 13,114 21,088
March 40,936 44,287 36,508 16,256 20,299 17,486
April 33,286 15,681 29,348 12,053 13,166 14,964
May 12,962 14,350 11,584 14,800 15,241 14,279
June 10,516 10,929 10,164 14,752 15,561 14,921
July 8,496 10,597 7,561 17,665 15,644 15,942
August 10,964 11,841 9,557 16,856 16,525 16,601
September 18,218 13,977 13,787 20,047 14,817 15,159
October 25,792 26,610 21,126 17,473 13,878 14,636
November 40,914 38,336 36,698 21,731 20,530 21,467
December 21,074 20,409 32,262 11,767 10,599 18,039
Table 5 Average price per tonne live weight of main fish species euro per tonne
Species 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Demersal
Brill 3,923 4,037 4,568 5,065 6,082 7,446
Cod 1,396 1,433 1,535 1,594 2,073 2,837
Dogfish 567 605 509 550 617 910
Dover sole 7,792 7,815 8,362 7,848 8,832 10,326
Haddock 1,015 983 1,063 1,080 1,166 1,168
Hake 3,180 3,365 3,401 3,351 3,214 3,469
John Dory 3,265 3,005 2,991 3,695 3,453 4,103
Lemon sole 1,720 1,677 1,685 1,816 1,706 2,418
Ling 862 826 1,086 918 982 1,111
Megrim 2,175 2,253 2,238 2,510 2,508 2,370
Monk/Angler 2,271 2,306 2,346 2,635 3,005 3,108
Plaice 1,659 1,768 1,731 2,068 2,237 2,516
Ray/Skate 831 842 943 1,068 1,225 1,536
Saithe 746 713 759 923 792 879
Turbot 7,804 8,202 8,723 8,126 9,429 9,294
White pollock 1,130 1,093 1,189 1,257 1,162 1,500
Whiting 759 784 867 892 902 931
Witch 1,525 1,494 1,405 1,400 1,597 1,697
Pelagic
Blue whiting 56 83 77 70 57 75
Herring 210 167 184 195 227 244
Horse mackerel 179 265 232 347 278 286
Mackerel 472 439 575 331 410 397
Sprat 167 296 145 307 315 186
Tuna 1,772 1,857 1,944 2,778 2,125 1,837
Shellfish
Blue mussel1 157 275 323 388 300 169
Crab 1,105 992 1,159 1,252 1,234 1,378
Crawfish 19,878 17,448 20,855 22,594 17,908 21,523
Dublin Bay prawns 3,045 3,373 3,148 3,372 3,972 4,453
Escallop 2,659 2,611 2,786 2,827 2,540 2,729
Lobster 11,737 11,037 11,856 13,069 13,837 15,522
Periwinkle 1,001 846 1,057 950 1,322 976
Prawn tails 1,226 1,541 1,316 1,333 1,280 1,406
Shrimp 6,480 5,916 6,199 6,481 6,800 7,997
Squid 2,321 2,506 2,276 2,524 1,616 1,928
Whelk 657 559 546 564 624 635
1 Farmed mussels have been included in aquaculture
Source: Department of the Marine and Natural Resources
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Table 8 Aquaculture production
1999 2000 2001 1999 2000 2001
Species
tonnes value: 000 euro
Aquaculture 43,856 51,247 60,935 85,983 95,354 107,109
Shellfish 23,516 31,110 35,853 21,639 21,512 27,944
Finfish 20,340 20,137 25,082 64,344 73,840 79,166
Salmon 18,076 17,648 23,312 54,797 61,445 70,869
Source: Bord Iascaigh Mhara
Table 9 Inland fish catches
1999 2000 2001 1999 2000 2001
Species
tonnes value: 000 euro
Inland 775 881 900 2,885 3,359 2,992
Salmon 515 621 792 1,863 2,239 2,455
Other 260 260 108 1,022 1,120 537
Source: Marine Institute, Central Fisheries Board and CSO
Table 10 Sales of commercial and rod angling licences number
Type 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Commercial and rod 30,358 31,964 31,962 32,973 34,105 34,685
Commercial 2,097 2,083 2,114 2,015 1,942 1,960
Drift 778 852 871 872 871 880
Draft 497 492 494 461 445 504
Other 822 739 749 682 626 576
Rod 28,261 29,881 29,848 30,958 32,163 32,725
Source: Central Fisheries Board
Table 11 Fishing fleet1 structure
Category 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Number of boats 1,249 1,185 1,156 1,177 1,274 1,421
Tonnage2 54,577 55,028 55,093 56,686 61,262 65,339
Kilowatts 190,771 191,883 188,976 199,312 191,157 208,479
1 Includes aquaculture vessels
2 The European Union requires that fleet capacity is now expressed in gross tonnage. This is normally a higher figure than the corresponding
gross registered tonnage figure used from 1995 to 1999
Source: Department of the Marine and Natural Resources
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Table 12 External trade of fish and fish products classified by country of origin or destination
1999 20001 2001 1999 20001 2001
Country of origin or destination
tonnes value: 000 euro
Exports 208,402 216,191 314,043 306,040 330,052 444,700
European Union 124,792 128,078 209,302 246,801 257,871 349,379
Austria 192 188 510 192 304 705
Belgium and Luxembourg 952 1,565 856 2,356 3,096 3,159
Denmark 1,087 692 5,541 2,540 1,971 6,866
Finland 228 41 162 160 96 245
France 32,745 28,444 42,473 80,806 73,832 93,756
Germany 32,002 28,511 25,848 26,646 30,436 37,865
Greece 91 202 1,777 237 323 2,333
Great Britain 25,220 39,437 81,207 40,388 54,118 80,086
Italy 6,680 5,528 6,068 32,179 28,884 31,303
Portugal 894 753 751 1,019 1,605 1,965
Netherlands 4,122 5,672 10,659 4,604 7,375 12,922
Northern Ireland 4,431 2,240 8,711 4,552 4,319 10,415
Spain 14,859 13,617 21,508 47,811 47,991 62,424
Sweden 1,290 1,187 3,231 3,309 3,521 5,335
Non-European Union 83,610 88,113 104,740 59,239 72,181 95,320
Bulgaria 878 3,031 2,735 373 2,509 2,172
Czech Republic 1,770 1,247 2,442 1,028 1,004 2,467
Egypt 17,230 36,849 26,163 7,027 18,540 17,491
Japan 24,463 15,451 20,105 19,876 18,351 21,375
Poland 9,855 8,796 6,150 7,992 7,685 7,542
Romania 4,807 2,214 7,613 2,749 2,147 5,835
Russia 51 3,039 3,611 29 2,413 3,096
South Korea 1,828 1,954 4,911 4,707 5,091 8,733
USA 385 331 1,535 1,559 1,469 4,403
Other countries 22,343 15,201 29,476 13,898 12,971 22,205
Imports 57,221 65,725 110,399 113,923 122,784 161,590
European Union 39,233 42,457 98,169 101,208 110,070 146,949
Belgium and Luxembourg 44 35 72 242 235 293
Denmark 4,070 5,972 5,135 10,585 11,448 12,701
Finland 37 0 0 22 0 0
France 26 103 38,693 159 399 15,652
Germany 24 192 500 96 380 1,732
Greece 0 1 5 2 7 34
Great Britain 23,777 29,311 42,730 72,738 81,651 98,105
Italy 201 3 4 395 11 27
Portugal 49 57 63 94 170 178
Netherlands 1,271 1,305 1,265 5,464 3,889 3,322
Northern Ireland 9,682 5,244 9,442 11,131 11,355 14,434
Spain 15 112 181 84 219 172
Sweden 37 122 80 195 305 299
Non-European Union 17,988 23,268 12,230 12,714 12,714 14,641
Faroe Islands 4,519 6,656 44 579 478 117
Iceland 1,779 3,494 253 1,621 2,188 1,577
Norway 8,687 10,209 6,720 4,322 4,173 426
Thailand 281 318 360 689 849 1,073
USA 898 508 198 1,572 1,012 723
Other countries 1,824 2,084 4,655 3,931 4,015 10,725
1 Revised
Source: CSO External Trade, see background notes
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Table 13 External trade of fish and fish products classified by main species1
1999 20002 2001 1999 20002 2001
Species
tonnes value: 000 euro
Exports 208,402 216,191 314,043 306,040 330,052 444,700
Cod 469 1,435 1,644 971 1,545 4,066
Crab 5,332 5,722 6,698 16,834 17,802 19,371
Flatfish 1,054 954 1,229 2,636 2,880 3,616
Haddock 1,070 850 886 1,690 1,271 1,270
Hake 339 732 235 1,188 1,362 850
Herring 29,186 22,697 30,190 20,698 21,967 31,028
Livers and roes 578 725 621 2,602 3,413 2,825
Lobster 249 262 312 4,032 4,570 5,282
Mackerel and horse mackerel 101,646 102,946 128,196 57,699 68,157 106,043
Megrim 1,956 2,014 1,960 6,723 6,930 6,951
Monk/Angler 2,406 2,461 2,880 10,983 12,073 14,090
Mussels 10,550 13,626 20,208 19,010 24,086 32,300
Oysters 1,056 1,042 1,067 2,770 3,786 4,364
Pollock 205 480 633 341 581 722
Salmon 11,520 10,796 16,986 47,356 50,964 61,721
Sardines 2,011 4,819 25,993 1,610 5,333 12,057
Scallops 624 684 623 4,543 4,308 4,497
Shrimps and prawns 8,239 6,710 7,063 50,237 41,458 46,358
Sole 182 170 174 892 901 1,077
Squid 210 104 129 737 336 375
Surimi 814 1,367 1,670 812 1,424 2,380
Trout 1,135 1,639 2,165 3,740 6,177 4,979
Tuna 3,285 3,038 4,340 7,673 7,983 8,854
Whiting 1,360 1,625 3,032 3,420 3,331 4,118
Meal, oils, fats, waste 7,262 13,605 38,459 6,421 6,125 21,211
Other species and products 15,662 15,686 16,651 30,422 31,292 44,293
Imports 57,221 65,725 110,399 113,923 122,784 161,590
Cod 1,331 1,828 1,446 4,989 6,910 6,038
Crab 944 2,108 1,639 1,530 2,846 2,376
Haddock 831 530 564 2,756 1,963 2,289
Herring 1,058 543 5,899 1,291 917 6,059
Lamprey 1,463 1,753 1,739 5,793 7,258 7,708
Mackerel and horse mackerel 490 1,944 19,113 766 2,355 10,112
Mussels 107 78 149 424 342 576
Plaice 508 430 455 2,392 1,938 1,860
Salmon 2,974 2,912 3,936 11,876 12,080 14,139
Shrimps and prawns 4,706 3,882 4,114 26,058 24,506 25,873
Surimi 439 645 644 1,762 2,353 2,743
Tuna 3,624 3,510 4,789 10,485 11,637 13,817
Whiting 3,281 2,701 3,198 7,203 9,031 11,536
Meal, oils, fats, waste 32,042 39,804 32,838 23,204 26,305 25,568
Other species and products 3,422 3,059 29,875 13,394 12,344 30,897
1 Species figures include processed products
2 Revised
Source: CSO External Trade, see background notes
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Table 14 External trade of fish and fish products classified by product and degree of processing
Whole fish1 Fillets Shellfish Whole fish1 Fillets Shellfish
Category
tonnes value: 000 euro
1999
Exports 153,864 26,483 28,055 174,017 27,847 104,176
Live, fresh, chilled 36,762 6,032 12,409 83,580 4,560 39,248
Frozen 96,954 18,669 9,427 56,897 18,092 45,821
Dried, salted, in brine, smoked 7,764 849 460 16,944 888 1,363
Prepared, preserved 5,122 933 5,759 10,175 4,308 17,743
Meal, oil, fats, waste 7,262 0 0 6,421 0 0
Imports 47,840 3,299 6,082 72,067 11,920 29,936
Live, fresh, chilled 5,845 397 3,111 15,837 791 10,069
Frozen 850 1,810 2,518 1,990 6,796 17,152
Dried, salted, in brine, smoked 1,264 158 18 4,187 459 97
Prepared, preserved 7,839 934 434 26,850 3,873 2,618
Meal, oil, fats, waste 32,042 0 0 23,204 0 0
20002
Exports 161,425 25,189 29,577 197,974 30,064 102,014
Live, fresh, chilled 39,633 3,500 14,581 90,605 2,848 38,888
Frozen 98,653 20,255 8,104 77,151 21,910 39,661
Dried, salted, in brine, smoked 4,594 327 730 13,730 580 2,378
Prepared, preserved 4,940 1,106 6,162 10,363 4,726 21,087
Meal, oil, fats, waste 13,605 0 0 6,125 0 0
Imports 56,456 2,829 6,440 80,730 12,269 29,785
Live, fresh, chilled 6,218 218 3,537 18,020 858 8,522
Frozen 1,462 1,612 2,289 3,850 7,024 16,914
Dried, salted, in brine, smoked 956 192 6 2,778 641 26
Prepared, preserved 8,016 808 609 29,777 3,746 4,323
Meal, oil, fats, waste 39,804 0 0 26,305 0 0
2001
Exports 242,685 33,368 37,990 275,667 50,929 118,103
Live, fresh, chilled 64,013 3,872 20,807 118,402 5,675 51,860
Frozen 130,428 27,618 9,812 109,961 36,027 43,668
Dried, salted, in brine, smoked 3,093 422 567 11,347 1,322 1,569
Prepared, preserved 6,692 1,455 6,805 14,746 7,906 21,006
Meal, oil, fats, waste 38,459 0 0 21,211 0 0
Imports 99,376 4,803 6,221 115,148 15,912 30,530
Live, fresh, chilled 12,106 574 2,762 25,295 2,042 7,108
Frozen 43,204 2,881 2,651 24,693 7,989 18,375
Dried, salted, in brine, smoked 1,011 221 7 3,556 771 19
Prepared, preserved 10,217 1,127 800 36,036 5,110 5,028
Meal, oil, fats, waste 32,838 0 0 25,568 0 0
1 Includes fish in pieces etc.
2 Revised
Source: CSO External Trade, see background notes
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Table 15 Processing and preserving of fish and fish products million euro
Category 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Gross output 284.0 301.3 303.9 315.2 342.9
Industrial inputs 183.1 200.2 202.4 227.5 238.9
Net output 100.9 101.1 101.5 87.6 104.0
Wages and Salaries 36.3 37.2 39.2 41.8 40.9
Number of persons engaged 1 2,758 2,756 2,754 2,645 2,568
1 Excludes outside piece workers
Source: CSO Census of Industrial Production
Table 16 Consumer price indices of selected fish products mid-November 1996=100
Product 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Food products 100.1 101.8 106.1 109.6 113.7 121.2
Fresh fish 96.0 99.1 104.4 111.3 122.6 128.8
Frozen fish 101.1 101.0 105.1 112.6 119.2 125.9
Smoked fish 98.6 97.9 98.3 98.6 103.4 103.2
Tinned fish 101.3 100.3 118.0 128.6 134.1 148.6
Source: CSO Consumer Price Index
Table 17 National average prices of selected fish products euro per kg
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Product
mid-November
Whiting fillets 5.53 5.43 6.21 6.98 7.45 8.15
Cod cutlets 8.43 8.68 9.69 10.88 12.61 12.66
Plaice fillets 10.28 10.65 11.20 12.41 14.08 14.08
Smoked kippers 4.16 4.76 5.51 5.85 6.32 6.52
Source: CSO Consumer Prices
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Central Statistics Office Fishery Statistics
Background Notes
General This release has been compiled from existing administrative and statistical sources. It brings
together into one release the various fishery statistics that are already available.
Comparisons between sea landings and external trade statistics should allow for the differences
between both systems mentioned below. Allowance should also be made for aquaculture and
inland fish production as well as for any stock changes of frozen fish etc. and for trade outside the
scope of the External Trade statistics thresholds.
Sea landings Fishery statistics are collected by the Sea Fishery Officers of the Department of the Marine and
Natural Resources. They are processed by the Sea Fisheries Control Division of the Department.
The Sea Fisheries Division are responsible for the transmission of the figures to the EU statistical
office, Eurostat, under the terms of Council Regulation No 2104/93.
Landings of clams, oysters and salmon have been excluded by the CSO from the figures supplied
by the Department. Landings of blue mussels into ports where blue mussel aquaculture farming is
located have also been excluded from 1990 onwards. In 1990 the amount of excluded farmed
mussels was 13,600 tonnes valued at 3.3 million.
Landings by foreign boats into Irish ports are not included in the figures.
Demersal fish are found on or near the bottom of the sea. They are often referred to as white fish.
Pelagic fish live in the surface waters or middle depths of the sea. Shellfish are of two kinds,
crustaceans - prawns, lobsters, crabs etc. and molluscs - mussels, oysters etc.
Aquaculture Bord Iascaigh Mhara conducts an annual survey of finfish and shellfish farms. Figures on
production production and employment are collected.
Inland catches The salmon quantity figures are compiled by the Marine Institute. The methodology was amended
in 1994 to supplement reports from registered dealers with indications from inspectors of what was
caught but not sold through the dealers.
The quantity and value of eels are estimated by the Central Fisheries Board.
External trade The estimates for exports and imports are taken from the CSO external trade statistics.
statistics
The basic external trade data are collected by the Office of the Revenue Commissioners and passed
to the External Trade Statistics Division of the CSO for checking and publication. Since the
completion of the EU Single Market at the end of 1992, trade statistics with EU member states and
trade statistics with non-EU countries are compiled from two separate sources.
The EU-wide system, Intrastat, involves a direct survey of the larger traders and an analysis of the
regular VAT returns made by all traders. Traders not registered for VAT have no obligations under
the Intrastat system and their trade is therefore not included in the statistics. The Intrastat figures
include estimates for traders who did not make Intrastat returns and for traders below the thresholds
who did not provide aggregate inter-EU trade figures on their VAT returns. Statistics of trade with
non-EU countries are compiled from documents returned to the Customs Authorities.
Some amendments have been made, mainly to quantity figures, arising from an analysis of unit
values at tariff level.
Landings of fish by European Union registered vessels are not included in import statistics. If these
fish are sold and subsequently exported, they are included in export statistics.
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Central Statistics Office Fishery Statistics
Licences The Central Fisheries Board collate the sales figures from returns made to them by the Regional
Fishery Boards.
Fishing fleet The Department of the Marine and Natural Resources compile these figures and are also
responsible for maintaining the fishing vessel register. The figures include vessels used for
aquaculture.
Census of Industrial The figures are taken from the CSO Census of Industrial Local Units. The results cover all
Production industrial local units with three or more persons engaged and relate to the NACE code 1520 -
Processing and preserving of fish and fish products.
Consumer Price Index The Consumer Price Index is compiled by the CSO. It is designed to measure the average change in
the level of the prices paid for consumer goods and services by all private households in the
country.
In addition to the price indices, national average prices are also published for selected items.
EU 2000 EU aquaculture production 000
Country Total aquaculture Finfish Shellfish
European Union 2,842,466 1,949,453 882,119
Austria 12,973 12,939 34
Belgium 5,912 5,912 -
Denmark 159,307 159,294 13
Finland 62,800 62,800 -
France 470,610 140,081 330,529
Germany 127,598 109,448 18,150
Greece 311,320 307,789 3,531
Ireland 95,354 73,840 21,512
Italy 494,366 260,045 223,427
Luxembourg - - -
Netherlands 116,330 40,294 76,036
Portugal 54,786 31,892 22,895
Spain 414,771 254,315 160,457
Sweden 16,165 15,754 411
United Kingdom 500,174 475,050 25,124
Source: New Cronos database, Eurostat
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